drones

SACRAMENTO- The proposed FAA regulations on commercial drones is too lenient for one local drone pilot. Joseph Matthew parflayed a fascination with radio controlled cars and airplanes into an aerial photography business three yeas ago to serve architectural, real estate and film-industry clients. The proposed rules include restricting speeds to 100 miles per hour, an...

National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis signed a policy memorandum that directs superintendents nationwide to prohibit launching, landing, or operating unmanned aircraft (or drones) on lands and waters administered by the National Park Service.
“We embrace many activities in national parks because they enhance visitor experiences with the iconic natural, historic and cultural...

May 2, 2014 - Yosemite National Park advises visitors that the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Drones) are prohibited within park boundaries due to regulations outlined in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Specifically, the use of drones within...

MARYSVILLE/BEALE AFB April 30, 2014 - Six military veterans were among 13 people arrested at Beale Air Force Base here early Tuesday morning as they attempted to deliver an "indictment" charging President Obama, the Beale base commander, drone pilots and others with "crimes against peace and crimes against humanity."

SACRAMENTO April 16, 2014 - A federal judge here Wednesday, after a half-day bench trial without a jury, found an anti-drone protestor not guilty of trespassing at a demonstration at Beale Air Force Base.
Grass Valley grandmother Shirley Osgood alleg...

MARYSVILLE/BEALE AFB March 5, 2014 – Members of the clergy from the Bay Area to Sacramento and Nevada City will hold an Ash Wednesday service at dawn at a drone airbase here Wednesday (March 5), and then are expected to risk arrest at a nonviolent direct action to "memorialize" the children killed by the...

Timm Herdt, Ventura County Star, Calif. SACRAMENTO — One Ventura County lawmaker cleared a major hurdle on Wednesday in establishing privacy protections against the invasive use of drones by law enforcement,... Read more »